Lecture Notes (Spring 2014)

Part I: Static Tax Policy

Non-linear Income Taxation

Taxation of Top Incomes

Commodity Taxation

Part II: Dynamic Tax Policy

Linear Capital Taxation and Tax Smoothing

Non-Linear Capital Taxation

Taxation Without Commitment

Bequest Taxation

Part III: Social Insurance Design

Rationales for Social Insurance

Optimal Social Insurance Design: UI Benefit Levels

Optimal Social Insurance Design: Timing of UI Benefits

Social Insurance with Private Insurance Markets

Government Intervention in Health Insurance Markets

Problem Sets

Problem Set #1

Problem Set #2

Problem Set #3

Problem Set #4

Problem Set #5